Jameela Banu

Assistant Professor
HSHW 1.102C
Office: 665-3222
banuj@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

General Biology (BIOL1402-06)
Advanced Nutrition (DIET3353 & 4257)

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Timothy Brush

Professor
SCIE 2.348
Office: (956) 665-2921
tbrush@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

Comparative Embryology (BIOL3407)
Ornithology (BIOL4412)
Advanced Ornithology (BIOL5412)
Subtropical Ornithology (BIOL5412)

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Roosevelt Campbell

Lecturer
SCIE 1.306
Office: (956) 665-2498
rcampbell@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

General Biology(BIOL1401/2)
Biological Writing (BIOL3302)
Anatomy & Physiology (BIOL2403)
Seminar (BIOL4100)

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Robert K. Dearth

Assistant Professor
SCIE 1.312
Office: (956) 665-8750
Res. Lab. SCIE 2.240
dearthr@utpa.edu
 

Current Courses:

BIOL3411Mammalian Physiology
BIOL43413 Endocrinology

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Hudson R. DeYoe

Professor
SCIE 1.324
Office: (956) 665-3538
hdeyoe@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

BIOL1402 General Biology
BIOL3409 General Ecology
BIOL4410 Marine Botany
BIOL4425 Marine Ecology

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Frank J. Dirrigl

Assistant Professor
SCIE 2.344
Office: (956) 665-8732
dirriglf@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

BIOL1401-1402 Biology
ENSC3400 Environmental Science & Public Policy
ENSC3401 Environ. Regulations & Impact Analysis
BIOL 3302 Biological Writing

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Robert Edwards

Professor
SCIE 1.316
Office: (956) 665-3545
redwards@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

BIOL 4304 Ichthyology
BIOL 5304 Advanced Ichthyology
BIOL 6305 Biometry
BIOL 1402 General Biology
BIOL 3404 Conservation Biology

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Mohammed Farooqui

Professor - Associate Dean
MAGC 2.316D
Office: (956) 665-3543
farooqui@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

BIOL 4416 Enviromental Toxicology
BIOL 3405 Histology

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Zen Faulkes

Associate Professor
SCIE 2.634
Office: (956) 665-2614
or (956) 587-9363
zfaulkes@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

BIOL 1401 General Biology
BIOL 3310 Neurobiology
BIOL 6324 Evolutionary Theory
BIOL 3302 Biological Writing
BIOL 4100 Seminar

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Teresa Patricia Feria

Assistant Professor
SCIE 2.328
Office: (956) 665-7322
tpferia@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

General Biology (BIOL1401/1402)
Ecology (BIOL3409)
Global Change Ecology - BIOL4388
Adv Global Change Ecology BIOL5388
Adv. Ecology BIOL6303
Biological Writing BIOL3302

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Robert Gilkerson

Assistant Professor
SCIE1.306A
Office: (956) 665
gilkersonrw@utpa.edu
 

Current Courses:

Anatomy and Physiology (BIOL2404)
Advanced Immunology and Molecular Methods
(CLSC4315)

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Bonnie Gunn

Lecturer
SCIE 3.106
Office: (956) 665-2062
gunnbs@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

Biology (BIOL1402)
Anatomy and Physiology (BIOL2403/4)
Biological Writing (BIOL 3302)
Seminar (BIOL4100)

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Scott Gunn

Professor
SCIE 1.360
Office: (956) 665-3540
sgunn@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

Genetics (BIOL3413)
Mammology (BIOL4303)

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Frank W. Judd

Research Professor (retired)
SCIE 1.328
Office: (956) 665-7001
fjudd@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

None

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Anxiu Kuang

Professor
SCIE 1.340
Office: (956) 665-2953
akuang@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

Electron Microscopy (BIOL4418, 5418)
General Biology (BIOL1401)
Plant Physiology (BIOL4405/5405)
Seminar (BIOL4100)

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Jonathan Lieman

Assistant Professor
SCIE 1.364
Office: (956)665 3656
jlieman@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

General Biology (BIOL1401)
Cell Biology (BIOL3412)
Seminar (BIOL4100)

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Kristine Lowe

Associate Professor
SCIE 2.332
Office: (956) 665-8749
klowe@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

Microbial Ecology (BIOL4424/5424)
General Microbiology (BIOL3401)
Environmental Biology (BIOL2406)
History of Biology (BIOL6322)

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Luis A. Materon

Professor
SCIE 1.344 (Office)
SCIE 1.214 (Res. Lab)
Office: (956) 665-7140
(956) 665-7320 (Res. Lab)
lmateron@utpa.edu
 

Current Courses:

General Microbiology (BIOL3401)
Medical Microbiology & Immunology (BIOL3303)
Molecular Virology (BIOL4404/5404)

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Andrew McDonald

Associate Professor
SCIE 3.114
Office: (956) 665-2065
amcdonald@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

Plant Systematics (BIOL4314/5314)
General Biology (BIOL1402)
Plant Morphology (BIOL3408)
Ethnobotany (BIOL4318)
Biological Seminar (BIOL4100)

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Michael Persans

Associate Professor
SCIE 2.316
Office: (956) 665-7323
mpersans@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

Plant Molecular Biology & Biochemistry (BIOL6420)
Molecular Genetics (BIOL6316)
Biotechnology (BIOL4420/5420)
Molecular Biology (BIOL3415)

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Maria Pereyra

Assistant Professor
SCIE1.320
Office: 956-665-2468
pereyrame@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

Anatomy and Physiology (BIOL2403)
Mammalian Physiiology (BIOL3411)

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Daniel Plas

Assistant Professor
EDUC 2510
Office: (956) 665-3409
plasdt@utpa.edu
 

Current Courses:

Neurobiology Methods (BIOL4422)
Teaching the Life Sciences (EDSC6326.01)
Teaching the Physical Sciences (EDSC6326.02)

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Alexis Racelis

Assistant Professor
SCIE 2.304

Current Courses:

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Erin Schuenzel

Assistant Professor
SCIE 1.332
Office: (665) 2229
schuenzelel@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

General Biology (BIOL 1401, 1402)
Bacterial Genetics (BIOL 4417)
Seminar (BIOL4100)

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Kenneth Summy

Associate Professor
SCIE 2.308
Office: (956) 665-7927
krsummy@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

General Biology (BIOL1401, 1402)
Entomology (BIOL4315/5315)
Remote Sensing Technology
(BIOL4403/5403)
Seminar (BIOL 4101)
Biological Writing (BIOL3302)

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Matthew Terry

Assistant Professor
SCIE 3.110
Office: (956) 665-2064
mterry1@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

General Biology (BIOL1401)
Biological Evolution (BIOL3301)
Developmental Mechanisms (BIOL3406)
Molecular Evolution (BIOL4330)
Biological Writing (BIOL6304)

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Christopher Vitek

Assistant Professor
SCIE 2.324
Office: (956) 665-2845
vitekc@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

General Biology (BIOL1401, 1402)
Biology Seminar (BIOL4100)
Aquatic Entomology (BIOL4419)
Medical Entomology (BIOL4319)
Disease Epidemiology (BIOL4317)

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Cindy Wedig

Lecturer
SCIE 1.308
Office: (956) 665-7025
cindy@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

Biology BIOL1401, 1487
Teacher Education BIOL4315, SCIE4370
Integrated Problem Solving Course for
Premeds BIOL4387

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Fred Zaidan

Associate Professor
Chair
SCIE 2.312
Office: (956) 665-7481
fzaidan@utpa.edu

Current Courses:

Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
(BIOL 2402)
Herpetology (BIOL 4409/5409)
Ecological Physiology of Animals
(BIOL 4411/5411)

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